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Lastly RM with current crown in blackened brass made by 'Gaunt of London.'

The reverse.

Another Kings crown RM button this time in bright brass and made by a company called 'Buttons Ltd, BhAM' with a scissors trade mark.

The reverse.

Royal Marines with kings crown and in blackened brass. Again made by 'Firmin, London' but with different mark.

The reverse.

RMLI again this time with Kings crown and made by the famous company 'Firmin & Sons Ltd, London' and again in brass.

The reverse.

Thought I'd add some RM, RMLI buttons with various makers and crowns. Firstly Royal Marine Light Infantry with what appears to be a Victoria crown? Made by 'Smith and Wright Ltd, Birmingham' and made of brass.

A nice example of a silk postcard to the Irish Guards from the Great War period. The card is postally unused and bears no maker mark.

Unfortunately the original is not of a good enough quality to identify the medals in wear. Where do we think it was taken then Gentlemen, my initial and perhaps obvious thought would be Gibralter.

Another Royal Marine image from my archives.

Leigh As far as I can remember the bands on the peaks were put there by the manufacturer and not the Regimental tailors. I would imagine that fixing or removing one of the bands would be very difficult. On promotion the cap would be put in the tailors and fitted with a completely new peak. Officially, in the Coldstream Guards at least slashing peaks was not allowed and was really the mark of an 'old sweat'. All NCO'S would have had the slashed peak as a matter of course but I remember as a young Guardsman longing for the day I could stick the slashed peak on and consider myself an old soldier.

Doesn't look like a busby on the link Leigh Perhaps this link needs to be amended urgently. :shame:

Leigh I've always thought it was the 'RTR' the Royal Tank Regiment and I suppose someone could have been seconded to serve with the Malaysian forces without armour? Simon

Mark No caption I'm afraid and infuriatingly we can't even make out the cap badge. Simon

Gentlemen Thought I would post this minature group and help raise a bit of interest in the Royal Navy forum. A nice aged Royal Navy Great War trio with the addition of the 1915-62 Naval General Service medal with clasp 'Persian Gulf 1909-14.' The medal year book shows 7,127 Royal Navy recipients and only 37 to the Army. I wish these minatures were named but alas thats not the case. Does'nt seem that we've moved on when you think of the Royal Navy patrols still operating in the Persian Gulf! Simon

Leigh I have never seen a Guardsmans cap without the wire stiffner in the top and that 'Officers' look would not have been tolerated. (A polite way of saying 'Lock that Guardsman up!') Here is the colour image from 'His majestys British Army'

Any chance of some close ups Speagle Simon

Now there's a thought Leigh :cheers:

Gentlemen, Just realised there may be a copyright issue with the Pathe news link, my apologies if thats so! Simon

Mervyn If you view the pathe news on this link I think we can confirm it is the funeral of Queen Victoria. My link

Mervyn The only thing that makes me think that this is not the corner of Buckingham Palace is the placement of the wooden planks in the bottom left of the image. Surely this would not have been allowed within the palace grounds and I can see no evidence of a sentry box infront of the railings, perhaps it is one of the ornamental gates at the top of The Mall? Not sure when these were built (I'll have to google it) Simon

The badge.

Leigh Picked up a little book the other day called 'His Majestys Regiments of the British Army' published in 1949. It covers all the major units of the time with a nice colour plate of the Regimental badge along with a brief history of the unit. As you post your various Regimental threads (which I enjoy a great deal by the way) I'll add the relevant badge. I'll also try to catch up the one's you've already done. Anyway to get the ball rolling here is the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Simon